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Safety issue description

The spin recovery methods taught by the flying school were inconsistent across instructors and training material, and were not always appropriate for the Chipmunk aircraft type used by the school.

Proactive Action

Action organisation:

Airborne Aviation Pty Ltd

Action number:

AO-2014-114-NSA-005

Date:

04 February 2016

Action status:

Closed

The flying school reported that, after this accident, a briefing process was undertaken with all of its current aerobatic instructors. The aim was to ensure that consistent terminology is used to describe and teach aerobatic manoeuvres. A programme of standardisation flights for all current aerobatic instructors commenced on 16 July 2014 and included spin recovery training and unusual attitude recovery for the school’s aerobatic students. This briefing and training is ongoing.

Current issue status:

Adequately addressed

Status justification:

The ATSB is satisfied that the action taken by Airborne Aviation Pty Ltd adequately addresses this safety issue.